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- THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, JUNE 1, 18'26. [THE TIMES.] , The reports of the Committees of Lords and Com ' mons, - concerning the. ScOtch and Irish bank-note systeM, on which,a precious specimen of negative legislation his just been exhibited by ,his Majesty's Government, are documents not, unworthy of the end for. which they were compounded--viz. the finding a lame excuse for a piece of inconsistent and sneaking policy. Messrs. Peel and Robinson having alleged the report of the Commons' Committee, in excuse for the abandonment, of their own recent and unqualified declaration that the whole Scotch system called loudly for areform, by the substitution of a metallic for a paper currency, we were curious to see what sort of an opinion i t was that could work such wonders upon a pair •of Cabinet MinisterS. The opinion - of the Committee professes to be governcd by the evidence of the Scotch witnesses examined by them ;—and who were thoie witnesses-? Now. mark—" The wit nesses examined by your CoinMittee with reference to the state 'of the circulation in Scotland, were seven gentlemen, standing in various relations to some of the Banks in Scotland !/" Here is a pretty sample of a Committee for you,. and a pretty brace of sages to be directed by them. They want to ascertain whether it would not be expedient to give the people • of Scotland gold instead of paper ; and, to make sure of getting honest and impartial advice, they beg of seven Scotch bankers to favour them with their sentiments upon the subject. They go to the very men who make their fortunes by supplying the coun try with paper to the exclusion of gold, and ask for data: by which to Satisfy the world that it would be wise and just to circulate gold and • exclude the paper ;---that is, they importune the witnesses to break up their own monopoly, to destroy the sale of their own promissory paper, and, in short, to cut their own throats ! Was this fair to the seven Scotch banking gentlemen, who, by some st range , chance or other, found themselves so " close to the elbows of the Committee—When witnesses were called for ? Was it decent towards the country, or commonly prudent for Ministers themselves, to seek out ex parte evidence on a great commercial question ? The consequence is just what any one might haVe foreseen. he bankers impress the Com mittee•with their own belief; that the system which they thrive under is the happiest in the world for those at-whose expencei they make their profits, and that the one pound is a fine old article, which, like its exact image, an ancient cobweb, it would be " un lucky" to sweep with reckless hands away. This is ' really the sum-total of the argument, or conjuration, so far as touches the interests of the people at large ; for with respect to'the points urged , on behalf of the bankers personally, under pretence of serving the public, they are so bare-facedwe had almost said so impudent—that one cannot gravely allude to them. It seems that the practice of " cash credits" would be endangered, or overturned, by a metallic currency. We very well conceive that it might ; and we are far from doubting that it ought to be at least modified, if any thing like fairness were intended between man and man. A cash credit is an under taking by a Scotch banker to make adv ances w i t hi n eertain specified limits, to parties offering' satisfac tory security for the sums thus furnished—the bor rower being liable • to pay them to the banker on demand, with interest. The borrower has the flirther privilege of lodging any sums he may think fit with the banker, receiving interest for the same. Then see how the business works. The banker lends his own paper to the customer, and charges five per cent. for it t he receives hard money, or Bank of England faper, from the c u s t omer , an d a ll ows hi m f our per cent. or it ; but as we are assured by the banking witnesses :ghat the public confidence in them is unbounded, that .no panic,has ever affected the credit of their notes, and by consequence that nobody ever dreams of call ing upon them for cash or for any paper but their own, why, it follows that • they actually coin for the community, at no eXpence to themselves ; whatever real money or Bank of England notes they take in, • they may send out to Scotland, and get its value in any other form—their own paper is all-sufficient for them, and brings them in an interest of 5 per cent., being on the amount of their cash-credits only, not less than 250,0001. per ann. A fruitful h a rve s t thi s for the bankers, welt worth writing up in newspapers ,well worth intriguing for —swearing for —ay, almost worth what they almost threatened, a rebellion. Then again, the people of Scotland would lose the happi ness of being allowed to deposit money with their bankers, if the latter were compelled to pay them again in Money! Verily, we say, let the bankers refuse if they like ; but they would be apt to think better of it, or others would take their places. After all, the.Com-' mittee give, no decided opinion whatever upon this Scotch banking question : they say repeatedly that the rvqi i, is doubdul, and that in either of two cases the me t a l musi,,and shall be administered to Scotland, vice paper thrown upon the shelf—lst, If the bank notes, like the natives of that country, cannot be kept out of England ; 2d, If forgeries be increased by the conti nuance of the paper issues. The Lords' report is nothing more than an echo of the other, and the little that remains to be said about the Irish currency, we must reserve for another day. [MORNING HERALD.] It has come to our knowledge that some of the Select Vestry of Mary-le-bone lately held a Meeting to consider whether any and what steps could be taken to bring us to justice (what a perversion of terms I) for the animadversions we have frOm time to time been 41e means of offering upon some of their proceedings. The Meeting ended, as such instances of folly m us t do, in smoke. Though we have neither time nor in ablation to break a lance with these worthies in 'West minster Hail, we should have little doubt of coming ocr victorious, were we compelled to do so. The w h o l e is, in fact, a mere ebullition of ridiculousselief importance, and of that irritable wincing whi c h . a galled jade" exhibits in every state of life. If there be room in the New Court House for a perpetual rue mento, we would recommend the words, t , n ow we apples swim" to be embossed in striking cha racters upon its walls. Of the individuals com- Posing this august body, we do not so much as know the names of any half dozen. It is against the system that we have argued ; and whether that system be in this or any other parish carried into effect by Lords, or Gentlemen, or cobblers, is to us 'i3 matter of perfect indifference, But this we can tell them, that when they act rightly they have nothing to fear from the press-,,when otherwise, nothinStp, hope for from the .Courts. We have watched the Vestry system very closely--at first with no unfriendly feelings, and our conviction is, that it is a complete failure, and that it is fast becoming a complete abomi nation. At the first blush it would seem to hold forth the fairest prospect of honesty, impartiality, and eco nomy. }row many' of these points it has failed in we will not stop to inquire ; why it has failed is to be found, we believe, only in a minute attention to the workings of the human mind, in which a love of power is generally accompanied by a proportionate tendency to the abuse of it. Though we have been compelled to elucidate our objections by allusion to particular acts of this and other particular bodies, our rooted op position is to the system generally, which we look upon as one fraught with more of abuse than ad vantage, acid as a source of taxation equally burden some in its effects and unconstitutional in its prin ciple. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Session is now terminated, and we are at li berty to look back to its commencement, in order to contrast it with its termination. All the hopes of Parliamentary opposition to Ministers, which were in dulged at the outset by the few who still continue ad verse to the measures of Administration, have been completely falsified by every division which has taken place during its continuance. We have seen, in the case of the Silk Trade, a clamour raised against Mini sters, both in Parliament and out of doors, which no thing but the conviction of possessing upright motives and sound principles could have enabled them to withstand, and eventually to overcome. A similar clamour has recently been raised by another class of the community. The Shipowners, it seems, feel ag grieved by the alterations in the Navigation Laws.— These gentlemen, like other advocates for monopoly, are desirous that the principle of free trade should be tried on every branch but their own. They argue, plausibly enough, that the prosperity of the shipping interest ought to be secured at all hazards in this country. But they make one very important mistake in their reasoning. They state die question as if it were merely whether they should or should not enjoy the exclusive privilege of c arr yi ng goo d s b o th f or h ome and foreign consumption ; but the real question is, simply, whether they shall consent to make a compro mise with fbreign countries, and thus preserve a large portion of the trade of the world ; or whether by continuing our restrictive enactments, and thus provoking similar measures in other States, they shall lose by their obstinacy by far the greater part of our foreign trade, both carrying and direct ? If the Navigation laws are calculated to secure advantages to this country, these laws must be equally advantageous to other countries, and consequently other countries must desire to adopt them, as they already have in some measure done.— The result would be the annihilation of our carrying trade; and if it be admitted by the Shipowners that they cannot contend with some foreign nations, in point of cheapness, in importing goods from other foreign nations, it surely will not be denied by them, that it is utterly impossible for them to contend with these States in •supplying their own market with our productions, or in carrying their productions to other countries. We admit here, for the sake of our argu ment, that the Shipowners are right in affirming that they could not contend, in point of cheapness, with these nations : but it may be well to observe by the way, that we deny th a t thi s i s t h e case . The admis sion, in the mean time, shows very clearly the incon sistency of their arguments. Now if these nations pos sess such advantages in cheapness over us, theso, ad vantages would not be confined to the case of carrying their own productions to this and other countries, but would be equally useful in enabling them to carry goods from all other nations whatever into this country. This will appear by the follow ing argument. On what principle, we would ask, arc we to determine that a vessel belongs to the United States ? North America contains people from all quarters among her citizens, and she may man her vessels with the natives of every corner of the globe, who would still continue to be her citizens, or if not her citizens before, might agree afterwards to become so. Thus we cannot determine the country to which the vessel belongs by its crew, in this case at least. The manner in which the Spanish trade with its colonies was formerly carried on will show how easy it is to c9nceal the real owners of vessels. The circumstance of a vessel's being built in a country could not be made the distinguishing mark in such a case ; for an American merchant, by purchasing an English-built vessel, might then trade on the same footing as an English merchant. Thus, neither the distinction of crew, owner, nor building, could supply a difference sufficiently marked to prevent the parti cipation, of other nations in our trade, in spite of the Navigation Laws ; nor could all these distinc tions united prevent the contravention of the spirit of these laws ; for the crew and the owner might be Englishmen, though American citizens, and the vessel might be English built, though belonging to an American. It cannot, then, be th e N av i gat i on Laws that have prevented the destruction of our trade. —The continuation of the restrictive laws on shipping would not therefore prevent the effects of the com mercial enterprizo of fbreigners ; but the establishment of restrictive laws in other countries would be, highly injurious to this country. The cause of the alarm of our Shipowners is the difficulty of contending with foreigners, from the higher wages of labour in this country, whether employed in buildings or navigating the vessels. If our Shipowners wished to engage in the carrying trade of other countries, after these countries had adopted restrictive laws, they would be obliged to employ fbreign-built vessels and foreign crews : and their proverity would then become almost as detrimental to us, as it would be productive of all the evils which can be apprehended from the increase of sailors in foreign countrieS. If we really cannot contend in cheapness with foreigners, to pursue any measures which would induce them to retaliate, would be only to precipitate a result which, if we had come to the same conclusion as these gentlemen have done, we must consider to be quite inevitable.— Our commercial eminence does not depend on our Navigation Laws, but on the situation and circum stances of the country, which renders it necessary to draw supplies from countries beyond sea, and to re lAialynetrhiecian, I from yoltlliesima products cse uct a lof s 'o , our own soil or industry. commercial stat e , and we mustmbuest becom econte nTto a pa g rt r i e e a i- t pate with her in her commercial advantages. It is perhaps in sonic measure an adv an t age in this respect to stand in need of supplies from foreign countries; because it obliges us to exert our industry at home, to be enabled to obtain these foreign commodities. — The free-trade system encourages our navigation in this very way—by producing more wants, and more capacity of producing exchangeable commodities. When navigation and commerce arc under no restrictions, men naturally go t o th e mar k e t f rom goodswhich : can be brought at the cheapest rate. Some countries are more favourable for one spe cies of produce, and other countries for other species. If no jealousies interfered, each country would select for cultivation that species of produce in preference, which it could raise with most advantage. Large tracts, therefore, instead of being parcelled out for a thousand different productions, would be devoted en tirely to a single commodity. Other commodities would be brought from the different quarters where they could be raised with the most facility, in most abundance, and consequently most cheaply. The effects of this, in increasing navigation, need hardly be commented upon : this is the very principle upon which all commerce is founded ; and those who argue that the commercial principles of Mr. Huskisson tend to render us dependent 011 foreign countries, might as well object to the system by which one man is render ed dependent on another in common life. If the Navigation Laws prevent us from procuring articles by the cheapest possible conveyance, they restrain the liberty of trade as much as if duties were laid on them ; and in so far they encourage the raising of commodities in our own country, which might be more advantageously p ro d uce d i n ot h er countries. And not only does this course diminish our imports, but it diminishes equally our ex ports ; for, by inducing us to raise commodities for which our country is not adapted, it prevents us from raising others which might be furnished in much greater abundance, for the purpose of exportation.— We maintain, further, that sailors and ships are one species of produce, (if we may be allowed so to ex press ourselves) for which this country is peculiarly adapted : nature has made us a maritime people ; and if it had not been so, all the navigation laws that ever were or could be invented would not have prevented our losing our commerce long ago. The Shipowners themselves have furnished us with the best proof of this, as may be deduced from the argument in the out set of this article. Our people living near the coast have an inclination for a sea life, which will always produce sailors, if there is a supply of exports and a want of imports to give the means of employing them. An allusion was made by the Shipowners to the corn Jaws, as preventing them from being able to contend with foreigners. In this respect Shipowners have the least reason to complain of any class of the commu nity ; for they have it in their power to supply, and they do actually in many cases supply, their sailors with provisions from foreign countries, while the wages of labourers in other departments must be pro portioned to the price of the corn required to support themselves as well as their families at home. INTERESTING CIRCUMSTANCE. Last week, a very modest and interesting girl, about 16 years of age, presented herself at the Home De partment Office, with a Petition, which she said she wished to present to the King; and being informed that it must be presented through Mr. Peel to his Majesty, she said she would call again. It appears that her name is Harrison, and she is the daughter of a respectable tradesman at Birmingham ; that. her brother, a boy about her own age, had been seduced by two elder boys, to join them in stealing some gold belonging to a Mr. Price, of that town, and Harri son and one of his companions were convicted of the offence, at the last Warwick Assizes. No distinction was made between the old offender and Harrison, who had not before committed a theft, and they were both sentenced to transportation for life. When Miss Har rison heard of the situation of her brother, and that her mother's life was despaired of, in consequence of her excessive grief occasioned by her child being for ever separated from her, the poor girl packed up a few articles of apparel, and, without advising with her friends, started by the coach from Birmingham to London, to present a Petition to the King in his fa vour. When she le a r ne d th at t h e P et i t i on could only be presented through Mr. Peel, she called again at the Home Office, and enclosed, with the Petition ad dressed to his Majesty, the following letter addressed to Mr. Peel : " London, May 23, 1826. " Right Honourable Sir—A very humble indiv►dual, a young female, only sixteen years of age, Las travelled from Birmingham to London, to have the satisfaction of personally laying before you a Petition in favour of her brother. This is her first jour ney ; she is perfectly inexperienced ; and tike has no opportunity of inquiring the most proper mode of applying for so great a favour ; but she trusts the innocence of her character, which is unimpeachable, as well as the delicacy of her sex, and the dis tressing nature of her object—to obtain mercy for her brother, will be allowed by a gentleman of well-known benevolence, to outweigh any unimportant violation of the rules of etiquette, and will show how much the claims of humanity are regarded by a great Minister before those of ceremony. My reason, Right Honourable Sir, for taking this long journey, and for soliciting this audience, is, that my dear parents and myself may have the solace of knowing that the case of , my unfortunate brother was really known to, and duly considered by you, Sir ; and that I may hereafter reflect, that my humble voice was heard for mercy by you, Right Hon. Sir. " I have the honour to be, Right Hon. Sir, " Your most obedient, moat humble servant, " ANNE MARIA HARRISON.. To the Right Hon. Robert Peel, Esq., his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department." It is almost unnecessary to say, that Mr. Peel, with that humanity fbr which he is so distinguished, gave the poor gi r l an i nterv iew, and pro m i se d not only to present her petition, to the King, but to make inquiries into her brother's ease, and if there were circumstances in his favour, he would recommend a commutation of his sentence. The youth is now on board the Dol phin, at Chatham ; and the affectionate sister waits in town for Mr. Peel's decision. Advices from Malta to the 20th of April, by the packet, state that the Board of Health of the island has resolved that men-of-war shall in future ride out in the quarantine harbour the whole period of quaran tine established against the place from which they may Caine, not deducting, as heretofore, the days of the voyage. It is considered by the Board that the observance of these conditions will lead to no public inconvenience not fully compensated by the advantages which will result to the trade of Malta; for it is sup posed that this resolution of the Malta Board of Health will obviate the objections upon which the principal Mediterranean States have heretofore de clined to admit in their ports vessels from Malta, on the same terms upon which admission is granted to vessels corning from their respective ports.. The Board has also establi,hed quarantine against Gibraltar, Spain, the ‘Vest Indies, and the continent of Arne stinieem. Th e riea, the pe r i o d of which will be regulated by ciraum- Marquis o f H astings, arrival of the which took place on the 31st of March, is announced in an katraordiaary Gazette. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETS ON THE GENERAL. TO THE EDITOR. SlR—You have stated in your Paper of to-day, that I paid my beta on the General—lT IS FALSE... 4 trust you will contra diet this statement to-morrow. I . am yours, &c. . A. 'FARQUHARSON. May 31, 1826, St. George's Hotel, Alhemarle-street. norm; SHOOTING.—A grand match for 200 says. at 50 birds each, 30 yards from the trap, was shot yesterday, at the Red House enclosure, Battersea, between Messrs. Osbaldestone and Ross, (betting, at starting, 5t04 on the latter). Each Gen tleman killed 12 out of the first 25; and in the second 25, Air. Ross killed 6 only, and Mr. 0. 10, winning by 4 birds. The same parties shoot a match this day, for 200 soya. ; and on Sa turday, the medal will be shot for, when the Old Hats' Club will be present. The grand match for 600 soya., between Lord Kennedy and Mr. Arrowsmith, will be shot for on Monday and Tuesday next ; betting 6 to I on the latter. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. . TALE or A TlM—James Martin, a man in the employ of Messrs. Barclay, wax chandlers in the Strand, was fully committed yesterday, on a charge of robbing. a chum, who shared hie bed-room at the King's Head in that neigh bourhood. Cozens, the officer, went to apprehend him in the manufactory, when Martin, without the slightest hesitation, knocked him backwards into a tub of melted fat, and ran away, leaving his dip to follow as he might. - Unluckily, however, be selected Bow -street itself as the way by which to make his escape. This was running into the lion's month with a vengeance; half a dozen officers started after him on the alarm being given, and he was secured forthwith. Martin, who seemed . much annoyed at having his wick-ed works thus brought to light, said but little in his defence, but made his bow and retired. HATTON GAllDEN.—Elizabeth Powell, a young woman, dressed rather in the extreme of fashion, was brought up at the instance of the Overseers of the parish of St. Pancras, to obtain an award for the maintenance of a child, of which she was delivered some months back, at a house in Hampstead-road. The clerk, who, attended on behalf of the parish, stated that no demand had been made for subsistence or otherwise by the mother, hut the parish having learned that she was at present living as a single woman, though calling herself Mrs. Powell; felt themselves bound to inquire into the circumstances, with a view to affiliating the child. Mr. lloozns—Does she assert that she is married? The Pariah Clerk—Yes, she states that she was married some years ago in Ireland, but there is proof that she has not lived with the person whom she describes as her husband, 'for the last two years, during which period the infant was born. Mr. Roam}—But it is possible that they might have visited each other in the interim. The Clerk—Very true, Sir, so it is—but she admits that the child is not her husband's ! Mr. Roaaas—Whose then does she say it is? The Clerk—She says that since she parted from her husband, she cohabited with a person who holds some situation in the Royal establishment at Windsor, and she is now ready to swear that he is the father of the child. Some desultory conversation here took place, in which a fresh difficulty was started, - niunely_that although it could be satisfac torily proved that the child had been born in adultery, yet its ille gitimacy could not be established until that fact was substantiated in a legal way, and consequently, the husband was, in point of law, the reputed father, and liable to be sued for maintenance. The Clerk said, that if he was rightly informed, the marriage was not a legal one, having been performed by a Roman Catholic Clergyman, the woman being of the Protestant faith, and the man a Catholic. Mr. 'looms said, it was a subject on which he would not like to give a judicial opinion, though be believed that such marriages were not valid. Mr. Mallets, the chief clerk, then referred to several legal au thorities on the question of the validity of Irish and Scotch mar riages, but the particular clause regarding marriages by Roman Catholic Clergymen, where the parties are of different persuasion, eould not be found. Mr. Roar s, after some consideration decided, that if there was sufficient proof that the woman had been married under such circumstances, he should hold the marriage to he invalid, and the parish would therefore become entitled to claim an order of affiliation against the father of the child, as in any common case of bastardy. A written statement was then put in, drawn up under the dictation of Mrs. Powell, 'vim stated that she was married at Fermoy, county of Cork, Ireland, in the y ear 1 815, by a Roman Catholic Priest; that s h e was a Protestant, and Powell a Papist. They came to England about three years ago, but Powell, having business to attend to in his native country, was obliged to return there two years ago, since which she had not seen him, though no actual separation bad ever been agreed on. In the interim, she contracted au acquaintance with a gentleman, whom she named, who holds a situation in the King's household, at Windsor, who was the father of the child in question. Mr. Rooxas asked her if she was willing to make oath to the truth of this statement ? Mrs. Powell, who appeared excessively agitated, repli e d, in the affirmative, but added that she could see no reason for the inter ference of the parish, as the child never had become chargeable, and in all probability never would be any expence to theta, or to any other person hut the father. The clerk said that the Overseers of the parish only acted in performance of their duty by doing so. Mr. Rom's perfectly concurred in the propriety of their pro eedure, and a provisional order of maintenance was made out against the person named in the deposition of Mist. Powell, and the parties withdrew. UNION-HALL—Yesterday morning, soon after the Sitting Magistrate had taken his seat on the bench, the chief constable of the office informed him that George Gough, one of the constables of Battersea, was then in attendance with a bundle of clothes, be longing to a person who was supposed to have been murdered...— Gough was then called in, and produced the following articles of dress, which were all deeply stained with blond :—A white linen shirt, marked with the initials W. G., in blue marking thread, which appeared to have been cut off the person who wore it, as it Was rent down from top to bottom, apparently with a knife or some sharp instrument. On the collar of it was a vast quantity of clotted blood, and the wristband and half way up the right arm was covered with gore, which, together with other marks, as if some sharp instrument had been drawn across the sleeve of the shirt, led to the belief that the person to whom it belonged made violent resistance before he was divested of it. There was a pair of drab kerseymere trousers, the lower parts of which, and near the waistband, had a quantity of blood upon them. They also appeared to have been cut off the individual to whom they be longed, as they were slit on each side, from the waistband down wards. A blue and buff striped waistcoat was included in the articles found, which was sprinkled all over with blood. It had the appearance of a groom or servant's waistcoat, with arms to it, and yellow gilt buttons ; and this, as well as the before-mentioned articles, seemed to have been cut off the back of the owner. Gough having exhibited the clothes, proceeded to state that they were discovered on Monday afternoon nt the brink of the Thames, near the Red-house, at Battersea, by a man named Andrews, who acts as " Jack-o'-the-Water" at the stairs leading from the above tavern. It appeared that man was attendingsome boats near the stairs at the time in question, and the tide running down, he observed a quantity of clothes tied up in a bundle lying in the mud. Having got them on shore, he proceeded to untie the bundle, and finding the clothes above enumerated covered with blood, he lost no time in giving information of the circumstances to Gough, who now attended for the purpose of laying the facts already stated before the Magistrates, in order to have directiom in what manner to proceed. Mr. Camml3.l., on inspecting the different articles of dress bad every appearan ce o f h aving be. produc e d, o b serve d, th at t h ey longed to some person who was murdered. ' The shirt, trousers, and waistcoat, all of which bail much blood upon them, appeared to have ben cut off' the back of the individual, and plainly evinced that considerable violence had been used. The worthy Magis aaddressing the reporters who a tt en d ed for the news papteen then, remarked, that the most certain met h od of ascertaining t rat'dbli case, ngto was to light theperpetrator s o f t h e murder, it' such had been the give publicity in the newspapers to the cir cumstances narrated by the constable. This mode of proceeding would, in all probability, be the means, at any rate, of bringing some personS forward who would be enabled to identify the clothes, and therefore the individual to Whom they belonged. The constable was then ordered to keep the articles above sped• fl e d by him, in the event of their being wanted on a future occa sion ; and he also received instruction s to make inquiry on each s ide of the river near where the clothes were picked up, whether any person wearing such a dress Was known in the neighbourhood. MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR MAY. A long succession of chilling easterly and north winds have most unseasonably checked and retarded vegetation of 'every species, certainly not without some degree of lasting injury, as well to th e corn and grasses as. to the - fruits. The atmospheric changes, however, and their consequenees, as they ca n no t surprise, ought not to dismay ; and should warm and genial winds and weather succeed, we may yet reap and gather in overflowing abundance. The principal crop, wheat, has of course suffered least from the drought, scarcely to any very perceptible degree on the best land ; in inferior, and in exposed situations, it looks backward, yellow, and streaked with blight. Should warm wea ther ensue, its advance to ear and blooming will be rapid. Oats look promising.; and should the present rains continue and penetrate to the root, crops of every species, .corn, seeds, grasses or roots, Will, in all pro bability, speedily assum e th e appearance o f t h e mo st favourable year. Th e app l es h ave w i t h stoo d the attacks of the late rigorous weather, and promise well ; cherries, plums, gooseberries, and part of the wall fruit, have been blighted, and much of them destroyed. The hops have suffered universally, but the present driving showers will have a beneficial effect in cleansing the vine from vermin ; they cannot however pro ve a large crop. Th e p o t a t oe cu l ture h as b een rather for ward, and the present state of the weather is much in favour of the plants ; which will also bring forward turnip sowing, on the best tilth that has been known for years. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, SATURDAY, Jura St At the Court of Commissioners. M. Jordan, St. Martin's-lane, Birmingham, at 11. J. T. Barber, Reading, Berks, at 10. G. Vanheson, Hackney-road, Middlesex, at 10. C. Clarence, Great Parandon, Essex, at 12. W. Brown, Haberdasher's-walk, Pittield-street, lioxton, at 10. C. Green, Devonshire-square, Bithopsgate-street, at 11. J. P. Anstice and R. Thornhill, Old South Sea House, at 11. G. Best, Spring-gardens, at 11. W. Fowler, Ford's Terrace, Lambeth-walk, Surrey, at 11 ' G. Richardson and J. Henderson, West Cowes, Isle of ligh t, at 10. J. Asdell, Oxford -street, at 12. W. Fitch, Wood-street, Cheapside, at 11. W. 0. Knight, Ivy-lane, at 12. T. Thompson, Waltham-Holy-Cross, Essex, at 12. W. Walton, Charles. street, Middlesex Hospital, at 10. S. Saunders, Newport, Southampton, at 12. T. Douglas, Brick-lane, St. Luke's, at 11. G. Liitel, Gun-street, Spitel6elds, at 11. J. Wood, Nelson-square Surrey, at I 3. Albany, W are , liertfO L rd, at It. J. Hogbflerlt, Tottenham-court-road, at 11. J. Hurt, King -street, Cheapside, at 10. J. and T. Brindley, Frindsbury, Kent, at I. R. S. J. Abbott, Skinner -street, Suowhill, at 1. J. R. Prat, Wellelooe-square, Middlesex, at It. G. J. Call, Bognor, Sussex, at 12. J. APDowall, Regent-street, Piccadilly, at 10. R. S. Maskell, Ils.singhall-street, at 11. C. Taylor, Fleet-street, at 12. COUNTRY DIARY, SATURDAY, Jura! S. J Headford and J. Court, St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucester, At the Bush Tavern, Bristol, at 1. P. Riding, Derby, at the New Inn, Derby, at 10 . T. W. Davies, Liverpool, at the George Inn, Liverpool, at 11. J. Whitehead, Denshaw, Saddleworth, York, at the Star, Mo .!. e lt P. Judd, eater,atl B . irminghatn, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham , at 12. T. Rudd, /hough, Westmoreland, at the Crown and Mitre, Appleby, at 11. C. Shaul, Bath, Somerset, at the Angel Inn, Bath, at 12. Stansfold, Leeds, WA, at the Sessions House, Leeds, at 10. • J. Stokes, B at h, S omer set, at the Angel Inn , Bath, at ID. J. Brook, lionley-wood-Bottom, York, at the George Inn, Hud dersfield, at 11. J. Lek Bilston, Stafford, at the Littleton Arms Inn, Peukridge, at 6. Cox, Downes, and Thorp, Kingston-upon-Hull, at the Dog and Duck Tavern, Kingston-upon-Hull, at 11. W. H. and G. Carr, Over Darwen, Lancaster, at Messrs. Win stanley and Co.'s office, at Preston, at . 11. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Petitions to be heard in Portugal-street, next TUESDAY, June 6 ' Tubb R. Arlington-street, Camden-town, Middlesex, star coachman. Huntley H. Earl's-court, Brampton, Middlesex, dairyman. Homewood J. Plough-court, Fetter-lane, Holkwrn, journeymen coppersmith. - Cooper C. West -street, West Smithfield, victualler. Hancock W. Trowbridge, Wiltshire, builder. Walker H. Beaufort-wharf, Strand, Middlesex, bricklayer. Smith T. Upper Tho rn h aug h- s t ree t, B e df or d- s quare, uphols te rer. _ cr. Fleming M. H y d e-p l ace, Vauxhall-road, Surrey, li cense d haw k er . Underwood T. Printing-house-lane, Blacktriars, builder. Horn A. Georg e - s t ree t, Blackfriars-road, Surrey, Croaker C. K ent -street, Southwark, Surrey, baker. carpenter. Steel R. M. Labella-street, Ilroadwall, Surrey, hatter. Barker S. B . Rugley, Staffordshire, articl e d c l e rk. Burch J. C anter b ury , K ent, j ourneyman. Hall F. M a id en- l ane, Battle-bridge, Middlesex, brewer. CURE FOR BURNING OR SCALDING.-•—.111t som e Cotton wool to the part, and secure it with a tape or thread. It will give immediate relief. The cont ractors f or M etropolitan mud have suffered severely by the late ra i ns , many h un d re d waggon loads of that article having been washed off the streets, an d lost, within these last three days only, COA I. MARK ET—( v ..ESTERDAY.) Adair's, 30s—Collingwood, 26s—Dean's Primrose, 27, 4 6t ,, T ii Felling Main, 26s—llebiturn Main, 31a 3d—lrolytrelli —Killingworth, 31s to 30s 6d—Litldell's Main, 2t; '19411-7i,..d..eft ugh, 261-- Pela w, 29s Gd—Perey Eas 275....-Pon top I) ' ll ., &or, 291 6 t l --Shipcote, 26s 6d—Tantle.ld Moor, 31s—PolviZi 29s 6d—Willin gton , 31s titl—Wy lam, 30s—Wall9 End and Co. 31s fld—Walls End Bewicke and Co: 3 , ts 311-11,' End Brown's, 30s 1 1—Walls End Ilurraton, 301 1;11 11 ‘ v Ald End Green's, 29s 9d—Walls End Hotspur , 30s—W 1 ,",'" Newmareh, 32s—Walls End Pearells; 2 9s ' 6d—Wa" l V - r a lls Riddell's, 32s 6d—Wnlls End Russell's, 323 ed to 335-- - End Walker, 3 11--Iletton 13s—Small Coal, ""- 30 0-- Latmhtott 17s Ikl—Calm Cox, 30 s 011—Ilarde,Y) 9* C A.l Ince Caul, 31s—Stone Coal Ch r i st i e , •12s—Fawcett 1, 1 , —. 113, Ne. —Lyon's Main, 31 s —Russell's Lyon's Main 329 90 sham Main, 3114 —Walls End Helton, 3.5 s 3d—W4116 ..„,a Lyon's, 3 2s—Walls End Larnbton, 3is Betton ps IV 4113 End 35 3 3 (l—Ships at market, 941—Shins • sold BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., at Bath, the wife of Osgood Millbury , E 4 jun., of a son. On Sunday, the 14th ult., at Bremen, the lady of Geo. 501 Papendick, Esq., his Britanni c M a j esty ' s Vi ce-Consu l, du so!! . On the fitla ult., at sea, on hoard the Hon. Company's AV: Princess Charlotte o f mk s, on her passage f rom Bengal, lady of C ap t a i n 11. If . Sneyd, commander of the Governor-Ge neral's Body Guard, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., at the house of her father; Belmont, Hest* the lady of Augustus Bosanquet, Esq, of a daughter. NIARIED. Yesterday morning, Mr. Jan Scott, of Old London-str ee , Fenchurcl i - s t reet , to Mina La v i n i a Covey, Gracechurch-atree't London. On Tu es d ay l ast, at St. John's, Hackney, Mr. John Lyon' of Fenehurch-street, to Amelia Sarah, youngest daughter o f the late Mr. Joseph Bainbridge, of Holborn-hill. Yesterday, at St. John's, Hanipatead, by the Rev. S. RWreat► curate of Ulcomb, M r. Richard Edward VO. Townsend, Doctors:: Coninions, to Ch ar l otte , secon d d aug ht er o f M r . William II Tarbutt, of the firrmer place. , __...........re- Printed itud Published by M. YOUNG, at the NM OFFic NO. 11?, Strand.